Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives

Santa Cruz, California 95064

Abstract: This series includes clippings and articles from newspapers, journals, ephemeral publications, and web sites, etc. with announcements,
essays, reviews, commentary and criticism on the band and its performances, recordings, and cultural impact and influence.

Physical Location: Stored in Special Collections and Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the material.

Languages: Languages represented in the collection: Mostly English, but also Spanish, German, Italian,and Japanese, and rarely a few others.

Access

This series is open for research. Please contact the Grateful Dead Archivist at: grateful@ucsc.edu for further information.

Publication Rights

Most or all of the works in this series are protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that
allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the copyright holder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permission, and
for any use or distribution of this work, rests exclusively with the user and not the UC Santa Cruz Library. Copyright may
be owned by creators, publishers, their heirs or successors, or others, depending on the item. For further information contact
Special Collections at: grateful@ucsc.edu.

Selected images may be viewed at the Grateful Dead Archive Online (GDAO).

Accurals

First accural of material was received in 2008. Second accural of material was received in June 2012. Additional accurals
are expected.

Processing Information

The series was processed using MPLP which means materials were refoldered, rehoused and very minimally processed.

Biography

The Grateful Dead were an American rock band that formed in 1965 in
Northern California. They came to fame as part of author Ken Kesey's
Acid Tests, a series of multimedia happenings centered around
then-legal LSD. Famed for their concerts, the band performed more than
2,300 shows over thirty years, disbanding after the death of lead
guitarist Jerry Garcia in August 1995. Although their only Top 10 hit,
"Touch of Grey," charted in 1987, their popularity was based on
concerts, and in their last decade they consistently placed in the top
five tours every year. Known for the range of their repertoire and the
caliber of their compositions, the Dead's songbook has been covered by
a wide range of other musicians, from Bob Dylan to Jane's Addiction.
They released thirteen studio albums and nine contemporary live albums
during their career, and more than 100 live releases since then. They
were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Scope and Content of Collection

This series includes clippings and articles from newspapers, journals, ephemeral publications, and web sites, etc. with announcements,
essays, reviews, commentary and criticism on the band and its performances, recordings, and cultural impact and influence.

Arrangement

The material is arranged chronologically, except for articles where the entire magazine has been retained (Boxes 91-95), which
are arranged alphabetically by title.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.